A framework for building cognitive process models.

ABSTRACT: The term process model is widely used, but rarely agreed upon. This paper proposes a framework for characterizing and building cognitive process models. Process models model not only inputs and outputs but also model the ongoing information transformations at a given level of abstraction. We argue that the following dimensions characterize process models: They have a scope that includes different levels of abstraction. They specify a hypothesized mental information transformation. They make predictions not only for the behavior of interest but also for processes. The models' predictions for the processes can be derived from the input, without reverse inference from the output data. Moreover, the presumed information transformation steps are not contradicting current knowledge of human cogn

SUBMITTER: Jarecki JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7704479 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature